Global Benchmarks Advance as Markets Watch China, Inflation

A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2022. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo

TOKYO—Global stocks mostly advanced Monday as investors weighed uncertainties such as the U.S. midterm elections.

Oil prices fell and U.S. futures edged lower.